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Re: LOOK inside Bar order entry



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According to TS documentation

Buy AT .....    is only valid when buying the next bar

Order Action
You must specify one of the five different order actions with your Buy
order.

... this bar on close;

... next bar at open;

... next bar at market;

... next bar at yourprice Stop;

... next bar at yourprice Limit;

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gary Fritz" <fritz@xxxxxxxx>
To: <omega-list@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, September 09, 2004 12:08 AM
Subject: Re: LOOK inside Bar order entry


> > Tradestation can put a "ShowMe" when a certain condition happens at
> > a certain point on the bar, not just open, close , high, or low.
> > Tradestation can generate an Order to Exit  a trade (Sell/Buy to
> > Cover) at a certain price based on indicator variables , not just at
> > open, close, or market.
> > So why not a Order entry.
>
> ??  You can enter positions with the same price conditions (stop
> & limit) that you use on exits.
>
> E.g.
>   buy at average(Close, 10) + AvgTrueRange(20) stop;
>
> If you can do what you're looking for with an exit, you can do it
> with entries too.  I didn't think that was what you were asking
> for.
>